Letitia J. Byrd Papers, 1932-2009
1 linear foot
The Letitia J. Byrd papers include photographs, correspondence and documents regarding the life of Letitia Byrd, her career in the Ann Arbor Public School System, and her community activism.
1 linear foot
The Letitia J. Byrd papers include photographs, correspondence and documents regarding the life of Letitia Byrd, her career in the Ann Arbor Public School System, and her community activism.
2.3 linear feet
The Otto W. Haisley collection consists of five series: Personal (1934-1960); Correspondence (1906-1958); Publications, Speeches, and Clippings (1924-1954); Superintendent's Office (1929-1954); Family Papers; and Photographs. Within each series, files are arranged alphabetically by topic.
2.5 linear feet (in 3 boxes)
The Powrie family papers have been divided into three series: Emerson F. Powrie papers; Gwendolyn Sutton Powrie papers; and Visual Materials.
The Emerson F. Powrie's papers represent the bulk of the collection. The collection follows Powrie's career as an educator and Ann Arbor Public Schools Principal, and reflects on challenges and developments that took place in Ann Arbor Public Schools system in 1950s-early 1970s. Materials shed light on process of racial desegregation in schools among students as well as faculty; important demographic, social and economic changes in the area, and their effect on the student body, (i.e., school enrollment, racial and socio-economic composition of classes, etc.). Topics of teachers' education and training, and religion in public schools are prominent in correspondence.
The Gwendolyn Sutton Powrie's papers include her writings and research materials on the subject of teaching the hearing-impaired children.
8 linear feet
William D. Ratcliff (1941-) was a counselor within the Ann Arbor Public School system for over 30 years. This collection documents his time within Ann Arbor Public Schools, as well as his work promoting the achievement of African-American youth in the Ann Arbor educational system. The collection is of value to those interested in collections reflecting community efforts to relieve educational disparities seen among minority students and for documentation on how a successful non-profit organization functions. The collection is divided into six series: the Saturday Academy series (divided into 2 subseries, Administrative and Academics), the African-American and Minority Organizations/Programs series, the Educational Organizations/Programs series, the Ann Arbor Public Schools series, the Newspaper Clippings series, and the Audiovisual materials series.
3.5 linear feet (in 4 boxes) — 5.73 MB (online) — 1 archived website
The collection includes project records